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No. 473 July 2004

"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open." -- Lord Thomas Dewar

Robert Roussin is Recipient of the Rockwell Award

Dave Anderson (2004-05 Chair of ANS/RPSD) congratulates Robert Roussin for the Rockwell Award

Robert W. Roussin, Director of RSIC from to 1983 to 1996, received the Rockwell Award inMay 2004 at the ICRS-10 Conference in Madeira. Following Bob's tenure as Director of RSIC, hebecame the Director of the Radiation Information Analysis Section until his retirement in 2000.

The Rockwell Award is a lifetime achievement award based on long-term or lifetimeachievement in research, technology development, or education in the fields of radiation protection,shielding or dosimetry.

Following are some remarks taken from Bob's acceptance speech at the conference."It is a tremendous honor to be thought of in the same light as the previous

winners of this Award: Ted Rockwell (1987), Arthur Chilton (1987), Herbert Goldstein(1989), David Trubey (1991), Norman Schaeffer (1995), Wilbur Bunch (1997).

"My thanks to the American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and ShieldingDivision Executive Committee for the Award and for support to attend the ICRS-10.

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Thanks also to the ICRS-10 Organizing Committee for providing this wonderful forum forits presentation.

"This Award could only be possible for me because of my career at the RadiationShielding Information Center (RSIC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. RSIC, nowknown as the Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC), has theobjective of advancing the field of radiation protection and safety through implementationof Dr. Alvin Weinberg's ideas for the Information Analysis Center (IAC) concept. RSICC has developed into the best example of an IAC in a specialized field.

"From the RSICC platform, many useful development, collaborations, andtransfers of technology have been possible. It is not possible to mention, individually, allwho have worked with me over the years and, in so doing, should share this Award. ButI would like to thank all the RSICC staff members whose efforts really put value into theproducts of the Center. I give my thanks also to colleagues in this audience andelsewhere throughout the world who were my collaborators. Also, thanks are due toagencies that sponsored our work.

"In closing, I would like to mention, specifically, Dr. Chilton, my advisor at the U.Illinois, who encouraged me to join RSIC; Dave Trubey and Betty Maskewitz, who hiredme into RSIC and were my mentors over the years; Dr. Tanaka at JAERI and thesupport for RSICC from Japan; Dr. Enrico Sartori at the Nuclear Energy Agency DataBank, who really understands the importance to our field of Centers like RSICC and theNEA DB. Finally, I thank my wife, Georgia, for her encouragement and support over theyears."

10th International Conference on Radiation Shielding / 13thTopical Meeting of the ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding

Division

ICRS10/RPS2004 was held May 9-14 in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal. The ANS RadiationProtection and Shielding Division (RPSD) combined its biennial topical meeting with the ICRS10. Thecombined conference was a great success. About 375 scientists and engineers attended and there werea total of about 350 oral paper presentations and posters. Highlights included plenary sessions onMonday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and a closing Plenary session on Friday, with speakers covering awide and interesting variety of topics. The opening session featured Paul DeLuca on Radiation MedicalSciences, Alex Bielejew speaking about Challenges in Monte Carlo, and Berndt Grosswendt onNanodosimitry. Tuesday featured a discussion on the direction of radiation protection standards withRoger Clarke (ICRP Chair), Bob Dixon (NCRP Chair), and Hanx-Georg Menzel (CERN). Wednesday'splenary focused on challenging projects with talks on SNS by Franz Gallmeier, J-PARC by Shun-IchiTanaka, and the European ADS Initiative by Hamid Abderrahim. The closing plenary on Friday featuredfuture directions, in keeping with the meeting theme, "21st Century Challenges in Radiation Protection andShielding." Ali Haghighat talked about future needs and directions for transport methods, Francescod'Arrico discussed trends in radiation detection techniques, and Larry Townsend gave a presentation onthe challenges of the space radiation environment in long term deep space missions. We were privilegedat lunch on Thursday to receive a talk on realism by Larry Foulke, President of the American NuclearSociety. And at the Wednesday evening banquet it was my pleasure to be able to present the RockwellAward for lifetime achievement to Bob Roussin, longtime director of RSIC (now RSICC).

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Dave Anderson, Bob Roussin, Pedro Vaz at ICRS-10

Preliminary plans were laid to change the every 5 year ICRS schedule to a 4 year cycle, so thatin the future, more joint meetings can be held to build on the success of this meeting. At the closingsession it was announced that the next ICRS (and joint RPSD topical) would be held in Atlanta in 2008. The conference co-chairs, David Anderson and Pedro Vaz, would like to extend our gratitude to all thosewho participated and worked very hard to organize the meeting. They made the conference successful.

David AndersonCo-Chair of ICRS10/RPS2004

SCALE 5 Electronic Notebook

RSICC has added an electronic notebook dedicated to SCALE 5. Please post your questions andcomments at: http://www-rsicc.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/enote.pl?nb=scale5.

Changes to the Computer Code and Data Collection

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,contributed a newly frozen version of the SCALE system, whichwas developed for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to satisfya need for a standardized method of analysis for the evaluation ofnuclear fuel facility and package designs. In its present form, thesystem has the capability to perform criticality, shielding, radiationsource term, spent fuel depletion/decay, and heat transfer analysesusing well established functional modules tailored to the SCALEsystem.

SCALE 5 contains several significant new modules andsequences for nuclear safety analyses and marks the mostimportant update to SCALE in more than a decade. Significant

new modules include:* CENTRM: Continuous energy flux spectra for multigroup cross-section processing* TSUNAMI: Sensitivity/uncertainty for criticality safety in 1-D and 3-D

CCC-725/SCALE5

OP SYS: Unix, Linux,Windows XP

Language: Fortran 95 & CComputers: Dec, IBM, Sun,

& PentiumFormat: Windows & Unix

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* SMORES: 1-D material optimization for criticality safety* JAVAPENO: Interactive plotting of results from KENO, TSUNAMI, SMORES,

XSDRN* STARBUCS: Burnup credit sequence for criticality safety* TRITON/NEWT: 2-D flexible mesh discrete ordinates for fuel depletion and criticality

safety

In addition, extensive updates have been made to the ORIGEN-S data libraries:* Fission yields updated from ENDF/B­V to ­VI; new library increased from 879 to 1119

fission products* Extended number of actinides with explicit fission yields from 5 to 30* Basic cross sections updated with LWR-weighted data from ENDF/B­VI, EAF­99, and

FENDL­2.0* Master photon library upgraded with ENDF/B­VI and ENSDF yield data; number of

nuclides with photon line data increases from 418 to 2101* Updated neutron source methods and data

See the developers' website and the electronic notebook for news, updates, additionalconfiguration files, and tips on running the code. The SCALE website is located at:http://www.ornl.gov/sci/scale/. Please read more about these new features in the July 2003 SCALENewsletter at the above website. A new SCALE-5 notebook was added to the web so that informationon this release can be more easily accessed. It is at located at:http://www.ornl.gov/sci/scale/scale_notebook.html.

The SCALE system consists of easy to use analytical sequences which are automated to performthe necessary data processing and manipulation of well established computer codes required by thesequence. Thus the user is able to select an analytical sequence characterized by the type of analysis(criticality, shielding, or heat transfer) to be performed and the geometric complexity of the system beinganalyzed. The user then prepares a single set of input for the control module corresponding to thisanalytical sequence. The control module input is in terms of easily visualized engineering parametersspecified in a simplified, free form format. The control modules use this information to derive additionalparameters and prepare the input for each of the functional modules in the analytical sequence. Provisionshave also been made to allow the user to execute the functional modules on a stand alone basis. Theradiation transport codes employ either discrete ordinates or Monte Carlo methods.

SCALE runs on Pentium Personal computers running Windows XP or 2000, IBM RS/6000, DEC,and Sun workstations and requires approximately 1.6 GB of disk space to create executables and datalibraries and run sample problems. Additional space (up to 1 GB) is required for temporary files.

Windows executables included in the Windows package were created using the Lahey F95Fortran compiler version 7.1 on Windows XP. They also run under Windows 2000.

Fortran 95 and C compilers are required to install the Unix and Linux versions. No executablesare included for these platforms because of incompatibilities in runtime libraries. Makefile flags areincluded to allow the source code to compile on DEC Alpha OSF/1, IBM/AIX, Sun/Solaris, and Linux PCworkstations. Flags are also included for MAC OSX and HP/HP UX10 although SCALE-5 was not fullyimplemented on these computers at the time of the release. Note that makefiles are included for creatingexecutables, installing libraries and running sample problems on Unix and Linux. Both binary and ASCIIformatted AMPX master libraries are included in this distribution. The make installation will processbinary libraries (if required) and store them in the data directory. See the README files for moreinformation. This version was developed using Digital Fortran 90 V4.1 270 on a DEC Alpha 500/500workstation under Digital Unix 4.0. Scale5 was tested on the following systems.

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* DEC6600 running Tru64 UNIX V5.0A, Tru64 UNIX V5.1A with HP Fortran V5.5A andC compiler V6.1 and V6.4

* DEC6600, DEC4100, and other DEC's running Digital UNIX V4.0D, V4.0F, V4.0D withCompaq Fortran V5.5 and DEC C V5.9

* IBM RS/6000 580 running AIX 4.3 with XL Fortran Compiler 6.1.0.9 and C 4.3.0.1* IBM RS/6000 590 running AIX 5.1 with XL Fortran 08.01.0000.0003 and C 5.0.0.0* Sun SPARCstation-20 running Solaris 5.7 with Fortran 95 6.0 and C 5.1* AMD Athlon running Red Hat Linux 7.3 with Lahey/Fujitsu Fortran 95 L6.10a and GNU

gcc 2.96The package, which is distributed on six CD's, includes source codes, Windows executables,

ASCII and binary data libraries, makefiles, batch files, and sample problem input and output. References:NUREG/CR 0200, Rev. 7 (ORNL/NUREG/CSD 2/R6), Vols. I, II, and III (June 2004, DRAFT). Fortran95 and C; DEC, IBM RS/6000, and Sun Unix workstations; Linux, and Windows 2000/XP(C00725/MNYCP/00).

CONFERENCES, COURSES, SYMPOSIA

RSICC attempts to keep its users/contributors advised of conferences, courses, and symposia inthe field of radiation protection, transport, and shielding through this section of the newsletter. Should yoube involved in the planning/organization of such events, feel free to send your announcements and callsfor papers via email to FINCHSY@ornl.gov with “conferences” in the subject line by the 20th of eachmonth. Please include the announcement in its native format as an attachment to the message. If themeeting is on a website, please include the url.

Every attempt is made to ensure that the links provided in the Conference and Calendar sectionsof this newsletter are correct and live. However, the very nature of the web creates the possibility thatthelinks may become unavailable. In that case, please call or mail the contact provided. Below is acondensed list of the conferences only listed chronologically. More details (if available) are listedalphabetically following the table.

Condensed Table of Conferences

Name of Conference Date and Location

Web Site Abstract/PaperDue Date

AAPM 46th AnnualMeeting

July 25-29, 2004Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

http://www.aapm.org/meetings/04AM/MtgPrgmTOC.asp

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1st InternationalSymposium onRadionuclide Therapy andRadiopharmaceuticalDosimetry

Sept. 4-8, 2004Helsinki, Finland

http://www.eanm.org/eanm.php?kopf=head/hd_calendar.html&worte=calendar/calendar.php

Name of Conference Date and Location

Web Site Abstract/PaperDue Date

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12th InternationalConference on thePhysics of HighlyCharged Ions

Sept. 6-10, 2004Vilnius, Lithuania

http://www.itpa.lt/hci2004/ passed

International ConferenceNuclear Energy for NewEurope 2004

Sept. 6-9, 2004Portoroz, Slovenia

http://www.drustvo-js.si/port2004/

passed

16th American NuclearSociety Topical Meetingon the Technology ofFusion Energy

Sept. 14-16, 2004Madison, Wisconsin

http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/tofe passed

International Conferenceon Nuclear Data forScience and Technology"ND2004"

Sept. 26-Oct. 1, 2004Santa Fe, NewMexico

http://t16web.lanl.gov/nd2004/ passed

5th InternationalConference of YugoslavNuclear Society (YUNS)

Sept. 27-30, 2004Belgrade, Serbia &Montenegro

http://www.vin.bg.ac.yu/YUNS/Yunsc2004.html

Americas Nuclear EnergySymposium 2004

Oct. 3-6, 2004Miami Beach, Florida

http://anes.fiu.edu/2004/ NA

11th InternationalCongress on NeutronCapture Therapy (ISNCT-11)

Oct. 11-15, 2004Boston,Massachusetts

future site

ANS Annual WinterMeeting and NuclearTechnology Expo

Nov. 14-18, 2004Washington, D.C.

http://www.ans.org/meetings/

2005 HEART Conference Mar. 21-25, 2005Tampa, Florida

Sept. 17, 2004

Monte Carlo 2005 TopicalMeeting

Apr. 17-21, 2005Chattanooga, Tennessee

http://MonteCarlo2005.org call forpapers

Twelfth InternationalSymposium on ReactorDosimetry

May 8-13, 2005Gatlinburg,Tennessee

announcement / call forpapers in pdf

http://reactordosimetry.com

Aug. 1, 2004

International NuclearChemistry Society (INCS)

May 22-29, 2005Kusadasi, Turkey

http://incs.ege.edu.tr/1st-INCC.html

Oct. 1, 2004

Name of Conference Date and Location

Web Site Abstract/PaperDue Date

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ANS Annual SummerMeeting

June 5-9, 2005San Diego, California

http://www.ans.org/meetings/

Seventh TopicalConference on NuclearApplications ofAccelerator Technology "AccApp05"

Aug. 28-Sept.1, 2005Venice, Italy

http://AccApp05.infm.it Mar. 31, 2005

230th American ChemicalSociety National Meeting

Aug. 28-Sept.1, 2005Washington, D.C.

www.cofc.edu/~nuclear April 2005

Eleventh InternationalTopical Meeting onNuclear Reactor ThermalHydraulics

Oct. 2-6, 2005Avignon, France

http://nureth11.com/ passed

2004 Conferences and Courses

Advanced Training Course/Workshop on Electron-Photon Transport Modeling withPENELOPE-2003 Physics, Code Structure and Operation

The Advanced Training Course/Workshop on Electron-Photon Transport Modeling withPENELOPE-2003 Physics, Code Structure and Operation will be held October 18-21, 2004, in Athens,Greece.

This course is addressed to researchers in Radiation Physics and Applications. The mainobjective is to provide the participants with a detailed description of PENELOPE and an amplerperspective on Monte Carlo methods for simulation of electron/photon transport. The emphasis will be onthe reliability of the interaction models and on the accuracy of the numerical methods and approximationsimplemented in the codes. A number of practical cases will be discussed, including benchmarkcomparisons with experiments. The course will include practical sessions on the efficient use of theexample main programs for planar and cylindrical geometries and on the design of the main program forspecific applications.

For more information contact Marios Anagnostakis (tel +30-210-7722912, fax +30-210-7722914,email managno@nuclear.ntua.gr, url http://www.nea.fr/lists/penelope.html, registrationhttp://www.nea.fr/html/dbprog/penelope2004-1reg.html).

Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium 2004

The United States Department of Energy and the American Nuclear Society are pleased toannounce the next Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium (ANES 2004), which will take place Sundaythrough Wednesday, October 3-6, 2004, at the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach, Florida.

ANES 2004 will feature the theme “Building Bridges to Greater Cooperation.” The symposiumwill provide you with the latest information about the use and development of nuclear energy technologythroughout the Americas. The format will include open panel discussions, case studies, technical

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breakout sessions, and an exhibit of international organizations, not to mention great opportunities tonetwork.

ANES 2004 will include sessions on nuclear reactors; technology development and deployment;production, disposal and usage of isotopes; fuel cycle and waste management; new applications; finance;and environmental, infrastructure and communications issues.

Another successful event is anticipated with the largest number of participants yet attending fromacross Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States. Please visit the website athttp://anes.fiu.edu for frequent updates.

16th American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on the Technology of FusionEnergy

The ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy will be held September 14-16,2004, in Madison, Wisconsin. You are cordially invited to submit one-page abstract(s) describing workthat is new, significant, and relevant to both magnetic and inertial fusion technologies. A Microsoft Wordtemplate that can be used to create the abstract is available on the TOFE website:http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/tofe .

The 16th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) will continue the traditionof stand-alone topical meetings originated in the early 1970's, continued through the 80's, andre-established in the year 2000 in Park City, Utah. The scope of the TOFE meeting is to provide a forumfor sharing exciting new progress that has been made in fusion research as well as presenting the futureof the national and worldwide fusion program.

The 2½ day program of the 16th TOFE meeting will have plenary, oral, and poster sessions,including a mix of invited oral papers and a significant number of contributed oral and poster papers. Keydeadlines follow: one-page abstracts (May 1, 2004); nominations for ANS-FED awards(May 31, 2004); notification to authors (June 1, 2004); early registration deadline (August 10, 2004); hotelreservation cutoff date (August 10, 2004); full papers due at the meeting (September 14, 2004).

MCNPX Workshops

Lead Teachers: Drs. John Hendricks, Gregg McKinney, Laurie WatersOrganizer: HQC Professional Services Contact: bill@mcnpxworkshops.com More Information: http://mcnpxworkshops.com MCNPX homepage: http://mcnpx.lanl.gov

July 12-16 Intermediate Houston, TX

Sept. 20-24 Intermediate Las Vegas, NV

Nov. 15-19 Introductory Europe (TBA)

MCNPX is the LANL all-particle, all-energy (eV-TeV) Monte Carlo transport code based onMCNP4C, LAHET, CEM, etc. MCNPX has been in active development since 1995, sponsored by theparticle accelerator community. It has now become an accepted tool for a broad range of applications bynuclear engineers, physicists, and scientists. The MCNPX development effort has expanded the use ofthe Los Alamos tools to applications such as APT, waste transmutation, accelerator shielding and healthphysics, particle beam cancer therapy, space shielding and cosmic ray analysis, single event effects insemiconductors, radiography, and more detailed analysis of the effects of light and heavy ions in matter.In addition, the entire functionality of MCNP4C is retained. New variance reduction and data analysis

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techniques, many adapted from high-energy accelerator methodologies, have also been added, such as theextensive "mesh tally" capability which allows up to 3-d plotting of particle tracks, fluence andfluence-derived quantities, energy deposition, next event estimator generation contributions and particlesources.

The workshops include hands-on instruction, generally on PC Windows machines. Subject toparticipant export approval for the MCNPX beta test team, participants will be able to access theFortran-90 version of MCNPX 2.4, the LA150 (150 MeV) cross-section data for over 40 isotopes forincident neutrons and protons and 12 for photonuclear interactions, and a notebook of viewgraphs. Follow-up consultation for class participants will be provided.

Classes are taught by experienced MCNPX code developers and instructors. More informationon code versions and capabilities is available at MCNPX Workshops web site http://mcnpxworkshops.com.

Monte Carlo Analysis and Nuclear Criticality Safety - Short Course

The Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville is offering twoshort courses for radiation transport and criticality safety specialists during Tennessee Industries Week(TIW-39), August 9-13, 2004.

Engineers, scientists, and technical managers who wish to increase their knowledge andunderstanding of nuclear criticality safety will be interested in the criticality safety course, which also runsfor five days. The topics covered in the course are based primarily on the experience of the fiveinstructors which totals over 120 years of nuclear criticality safety related experience. Such a wealth ofexperience needs to be shared with the criticality safety community including both new professionals inthe field as well as experienced professionals.

Monte Carlo is often the method of choice to solve complex problems in nuclear criticality safetyand radiation shielding. To use Monte Carlo effectively the analyst must understand the theoretical andcomputational fundamentals of the method, as well as the computational options available in particularcomputer tools. Also, it is sometimes advantageous to create new special-purpose Monte Carlo programsto solve particular problems rather than use an existing program. The Monte Carlo course runs for five days.

The deadline for registration is July 23, 2004. Classes are limited in size and will be filled on afirst-come first-serve basis. For additional information on these and other courses offered during TIW-39,contact Kristin England at the University of Tennessee, phone (865) 974-5048, emailkengland@utk.edu, url http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/TIW.html.

Nuclear Data for Science and Technology "ND2004" - International Conference

The International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology will be heldSeptember 26-October 1, 2004, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This is an OECD-Nuclear Energy AgencyConference, which is held approximately every 3 years. Recent conferences in this series were held inAntwerp (1982), Santa Fe (1985), Mito (1988), Jüelich (1991), Gatlinburg (1994), Trieste (1997) andTsukuba (2001). This International Conference focuses on nuclear data, their production, dissemination,testing and application. The data are produced through both experimental and theoretical models; they arecompiled and evaluated to form data libraries for use in applications; and they are tested throughbenchmark experiments and a very wide range of applications. This Conference includes all of theseactivities with the goal of improving nuclear data for applications including fission and fusion energy,accelerator driven systems, accelerator technology, spallation neutron sources, nuclear medicine,environment, space, non-proliferation, nuclear safety, astrophysics and cosmology, and basic research.Please see the web site for more information: http://t16web.lanl.gov/nd2004/.

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Physics of Highly Charged Ions - 12th International Conference

HCI-2004 will be the 12th conference in an international series taking place every two yearsaround the world. This year's conference will be in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 6-10, 2004. Born inStockholm in 1982, HCI became a major forum for the presentation and discussion of important newresearch results in the physics of highly charged ions. The conference will continue to emphasize basic,fundamental science at the atomic and molecular level, and its application to important technologychallenges. Opportunity will be given to provide insights in other disciplines where HCI physics have astrong impact like nuclear physics, material science, radiation chemistry, radiobiology, etc.

For more information, please email hci2004@itpa.lt or see the website:http://www.itpa.lt/hci2004/.

Radionuclide Therapy and Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry - 1st InternationalSymposium

The 1st International Symposium on Radionuclide Therapy and Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetrywill take place in conjunction with the annual European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)Congress in Helsinki, Finland, September 4-8, 2004.

The format of the meeting has evolved from a series of seven interesting and importantradiopharmaceutical and dosimetry symposia held approximately every 5 years since 1970, withdistribution of published proceedings. The last meeting (7th International Radiopharmaceutical DosimetrySymposium) was held in Nashville, Tennessee in 2002.

The decisions of the scientific committee and the set-up of the program for Helsinki will becoordinated by the EANM Task Group on Dosimetry and EANM Therapy Committee. All organisationalmatters will be handled by the EANM.

A call for abstracts (also electronic) will go out in a few months, with authors notified of theoutcome in May 2004. Contributors will be asked either to bring an electronic version of their manuscriptto the meeting in September 2004 or to submit it within two months after the meeting; early plans are tohave extended peer-reviewed abstracts published as a supplement to a journal. For more information contact: Michael Lassmann, Chair T/G Dosimetry EANM,Lassmann@nuklearmedizin.uni-wuerzburg.de or Val Lewington, Chair Therapy Committee EANM,vjlewington@hotmail.com or visithttp://www.eanm.org/eanm.php?kopf=head/hd_calendar.html&worte=calendar/calendar.php

RESRAD Family Workshops

Argonne National Laboratory will conduct two training workshops on the RESRAD family of riskassessment codes. The first workshop is for the RESRAD (6.22) and RESRAD-BUILD (3.22) codes onAugust 10-13, 2004. The second workshop is for the newly released RESRAD-BIOTA (1.0) code onSeptember 15-16, 2004. The tentative agenda and registration information can be found on theRESRAD web site http://web.ead.anl.gov/resrad/training/. If you have questions contact: Dr. CharleyYu, CHP RESRAD Program Manager, phone 630-252-5589, fax 630-252-4624, email cyu@anl.gov.

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SCALE Training Courses at ORNL (July)http://www.ornl.gov/sci/scale/trcourse.html

Date Title Registration Fee* Description

July 26-28, 2004 TSUNAMISensitivity/UncertaintyTools(experienced KENOusers only)

$1200 1-D and 3-Dsensitivity/uncertaintyanalysis usingXSDRNPM andKENOV.a

July 29-30, 2004 STARBUCS BurnupCredit(experienced KENOusers only)

$1000 Automated burnupcredit analysis usingORIGEN-ARP andKENO (V.a or VI).

*A late fee of $300 will be applied after June 25, 2004.A discount of $400 will be applied for registration to both courses.

SCALE Training Courses at ORNL (Fall 2004)http://www.ornl.gov/sci/scale/trcourse.html

Date Title Registration Fee* Description

Oct. 25-29, 2004 SCALE Source Termsand Shielding Course

$1800 SCALE shielding anddepletion/decaysequences (includingORIGEN-ARP)

Nov. 1-5, 2004 KENO V.A CriticalitySafety

$1800 CSAS/KENO V.a(including KENO3Dand GeeWiz

Nov. 8-10, 2004 TSUNAMISensitivity/UncertaintyTools (KENO V.acourse prerequisite fornew users)

$1200 1-D and 3-Dsensitivity/uncertaintyanalysis usingXSDRNPM andKENOV.a

Nov. 11-12, 2004 STARBUCS BurnupCredit (KENO V.acourse prerequisite fornew users)

$1000 Automated burnupcredit analysis usingORIGEN-ARP andKENO (V.a or VI).

*A late fee of $300 will be applied after September 24, 2004.A discount of $600 per each additional week will be applied for registration to multiple courses.

Yugoslav Nuclear Society (YUNS) - 2004 - 5th International Conference

The Conference will be held September 27-30, 2004, at the Chamber of Commerce of theRepublic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro. For more information visithttp://www.vin.bg.ac.yu/YUNS/Yunsc2004.html.

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2005 Conferences and Courses

Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting

Monte Carlo 2005 will be held April 17-21, 2005, (Sunday-Thursday). The theme of theconference will be "The Monte Carlo Method: Versatility Unbounded in A Dynamic Computing World".

The conference site is the Chattanooga Marriott and Convention Center inChattanooga, Tennessee. The conference will be hosted by the American Nuclear Society(ANS) Oak Ridge/Knoxville Section, with ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division(RPSD) as the sponsoring division and Mathematics and Computations Division (MCD) asa co-sponsor. Co-sponsors will also include Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL),Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) and the Organization forEconomic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank (NEADB).

The Monte Carlo method and its applications have been frequently addressed at several majorconferences and workshops organized in recent years in the area of nuclear applications. Monte Carlotopics have included radiation shielding, radiation physics, medical physics, and high energy physics. Significant developments have taken place in computational and data issues, resulting in state-of-the-artcomputer codes and tools. Monte Carlo 2005 is the next in a series devoted to the topic, following MonteCarlo 2000 which was held in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2000.

Conference topics will include: Methods Advancements (Physics) (proton transport, neutrontransport, gamma transport, electron transport, heavy ion transport); Nuclear Data Advancements(proton transport, neutron transport, gamma transport, electron transport, heavy ion transport);Mathematical and Computational Advances (experiments & benchmarks, mathematical advances,computational advances, visualization); Applications (reactor, medical, accelerator, neutron science,dosimetry, shielding, fuel cycle, waste management, space & aviation, fusion, criticality safety,non-nuclear applications).

The website is http://MonteCarlo2005.org. Full papers are due September 10, 2004. Forinformation contact Bernadette Kirk (kirkbl@ornl.gov, 865-574-6176), General Chair, or Jeff Johnson(johnsonjo@ornl.gov, 865-574-5262), Technical Chair.

Nuclear Applications of Accelerator Technology "AccApp05" - 7th TopicalConference

The forthcoming International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of AcceleratorTechnology (AccApp'05) is the seventh in a series of international meetings of the AcceleratorApplications Division of the American Nuclear Society. It is scheduled for August 28-September 1,2005, at the Island of San Servolo, Venice, Italy. The purpose of AccApp'05 is to provide aninternational forum for presenting and discussing the use of particle accelerator technology for a varietyof applications. It is intended to focus on a wide area of applications including, among others, spallationneutron sources, isotope production, medical therapy, nuclear waste transmutation, energy production,high power accelerators under construction and future projects, material issues in a particle environment,nuclear data and experiments, codes and models for particle transport, system engineering, thermohydraulics, contraband detection and radiation protection. For more information see:http://www.nea.fr/listsmh/satif/pdf00004.pdf.

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Eleventh International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics

NURETH is the foremost international technical meeting on nuclear technology thermalhydraulics. The NURETH-11 meeting will be held in the historic Palace of the Popes in Avignon, France, October 2-6, 2005. For more information please go to http://nureth11.com/.

Reactor Dosimetry - 12th International Symposium

The 12th International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry will be held May 8-13, 2005, inGatlinburg, Tennessee.

This Symposium is held approximately every three years to provide a forum for the interchange ofstate-of-the-art techniques, data bases and standardization of radiation metrology. The Symposium will beof value to those involved in reactor dosimetry, including researchers, manufacturers and representativesfrom industry, utilities and regulatory agencies.

This Symposium is jointly sponsored by ASTM International, the European Working Group onReactor Dosimetry (EWGRD), and the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ). It is organized byASTM Committee E10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications and EWGRD.

The Symposium will be organized into oral and poster presentations, informal round-tableworkshops and tutorials. The meeting language will be English. No translations will be provided.

All papers presented at the Symposium will be subject to peer-review before acceptance forpublication in the on-line Journal of ASTM International. Registrants will receive a complimentary CD ofthe papers presented at the Symposium. For more information visit the website at:http://reactordosimetry.com/.

CALENDAR

July 2004

MCNPX Intermediate Workshop, July 12-16, 2004,Houston, TX. Contact: Bill Hamilton (tel505-455-0312, emailbill@mcnpxworkshops.com, urlhttp://mcnpxworkshops.com for details).

AAPM 46th Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2004,Pittsburgh, PA. For more information:http://www.aapm.org/meetings/04AM/MtgPrgmTOC.asp.

August 2004

RESRAD (6.22) and RESRAD-BUILD (3.22)Workshop, Aug. 10-13, 2004. Argonne, IL.Contact: Charley Yu (tel 630-252-5589, fax630-252-4624, email cyu@anl.gov, urlhttp://web.ead.anl.gov/resrad/training/).

September 2004

1st International Symposium on RadionuclideTherapy and RadiopharmaceuticalDosimetry, Sept. 4-8, 2004, Helsinki, Finland. Contact: Michael Lassmann or Val

Lewington, (emails lassmann@nuklearmedizin.uni-wuerzburg.de;vjlewington@ hotmail.com).

12 International Conference on the Physics ofHighly Charged Ions, Sept. 6-10, 2004,Vilnius, Lithuania. For more information:http://www.itpa.lt/hci2004/.

International Conference Nuclear Energy for NewEurope 2004, Sept. 6-9, 2004, Portoroz,Slovenia. For more information:http://www.drustvo-js.si/port2004/.

16th American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting onthe Technology of Fusion Energy, Sept. 14-16, 2004, Madison, WI. For moreinformation: url http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/tofe.

RESRAD-BIOTA (1.0) Workshop, Sept. 15-16, 2004, Argonne, IL. Contact: Charley Yu (tel 630-252-5589, fax 630-252-4624, emailcyu@anl.gov, urlhttp://web.ead.anl.gov/resrad/training/).

MCNPX Intermediate Workshop, Sept. 20-24, 2004,Las Vegas, NV. Contact: Bill Hamilton (tel

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505-455-0312, emailbill@mcnpxworkshops.com, urlhttp://mcnpxworkshops.com for details).

International Conference on Nuclear Data forScience and Technology "ND2004", Sept.26-Oct. 1, 2004, Santa Fe, NM. For moreinformation: http://t16web.lanl.gov/nd2004/.

5th International Conference of Yugoslav NuclearSociety (YUNS) - 2004, Sept. 27-30, 2004,Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro. Contact: Dr. Milan Pesic, (tel 381-11-245-82-22/ext.681, email mpesic@vin.bg.ac.yu, urlhttp://www.vin.bg.ac.yu/YUNS/index.htm).

October 2004

Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium 2004, Oct. 3-6,2004, Miami Beach, Florida. For moreinformation: http://anes.fiu.edu/2004/.

11th World Congress on Neutron Capture Therapy(ISNCT-11), Oct. 11-15, 2004, Boston, MA.Contact: Robert G. Zamenhof (tel617-636-1681, fax 617-636-5867, emailrzamenhof@tufts-nemc.org, urlhttp://meetingsandconferences.com/ISNCT-11/).

Advanced Training Course / Workshop onElectron-Photon Transport Modeling withPENELOPE-2003 Physics, Code Structureand Operation, Oct. 18-21, 2004, Athens,Greece. Contact: Marios Anagnostakis (tel+30-210-7722912, fax +30-210-7722914, emailmanagno@nuclear.ntua.gr, urlhttp://www.nea.fr/lists/penelope.html).

November 2004

ANS Annual Winter Meeting and NuclearTechnology Expo, Nov. 14-18, 2004,Washington, D.C. For more information:http://www.ans.org/meetings/.

MCNPX Introductory Workshop, Nov. 15-19, 2004,Europe (TBA) Contact: Bill Hamilton (tel505-455-0312, emailbill@mcnpxworkshops.com, urlhttp://mcnpxworkshops.com for details).

April 2005

Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting, Apr. 17-21,2005, Chattanooga, TN. Contact: BernadetteKirk (tel 865-574-6176, fax 865-241-4046, emailkirkbl@ornl.gov, urlhttp://meetingsandconference.com/MonteCarlo2005).

May 2005

12th International Symposium on ReactorDosimetry, May 8-13, 2005, Gatlinburg, TN.Contact: Dr. James M. Adams (tel 301-975-6205, fax 301-926-1604, urlhttp://reactordosimetry.com).

1st International Nuclear Chemistry Society (INCS),May 22-29, 2005, Kusadasi, Turkey. For moreinformation: http://incs.ege.edu.tr/1st-INCC.html.

June 2005

ANS Annual Summer Meeting, June 5-9, 2005, SanDiego, CA. For more information: urlhttp://www.ans.org/meetings/.

August 2005

Seventh Topical Conference on NuclearApplications of Accelerator Technology"AccApp05", Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2005, Venice,Italy. For more information:http://www.nea.fr/listsmh/satif/pdf00004.pdf.

230th American Chemical Society NationalMeeting, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2005, Washington,DC. Contact: Thomas Semkow (tel 518-474-6071, fax 518-474-8590, emailtms15@health.state.ny.us, urlwww.cofc.edu/~nuclear).

October 2005

Eleventh International Topical Meeting on NuclearReactor Thermal Hydraulics, Oct. 2-6, 2005,Avignon, France. For more information:http://nureth11.com, nureth11@cea.fr.

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ACCESSION OF NUCLEAR SYSTEMS LITERATURE

The nuclear systems literature (shielding, safety, materials) cited below has been reviewed andplaced in the RSICC Information Storage and Retrieval Information System (SARIS) now searchable onthe RSICC web server (http://www-rsicc.ornl.gov/rsiccnew/AT-SARISquery.htm). We now includemedical physics in addition to material science, radiation dosimetry, radiation safety, reactor dynamics,reactor safeguards, risk assessment, waste management, fuel cycle, fusion and plasmas, high energyparticle transport, and shielding. This early announcement is made as a service to the nuclear sciencescommunity. Copies of the literature are not distributed by RSICC. They may generally be obtained fromthe author or from a documentation center such as the National Technical Information Service (NTIS),Department of Commerce, Springfield, Virginia 22161 (http://www.ntis.gov).

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 12, 1317-1330. .Identifying and Training Non-Technical Skills ofNuclear Emergency Response Teams. . . . Crichton,M.T. et al. . . . August 2004. . . University ofAberdeen, United Kingdom.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 12, 1331-1356. .Neutronics Analyses of Natural Uranium Fueled,Light Water Cooled, Heavy Water Moderated andGraphite Reflected Nuclear Reactors. . . . Khan, M.J.et al. . . . August 2004. . . Pakistan Institute ofEngineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad,Pakistan.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 12, 1357-1383. .Validation Study of the Cell Code WIMS-D and a 69Group Library Based on JENDL-3.2.. . . Rahman, M.et al. . . . August 2004. . . Atomic Energy ResearchEstablishment, Dhaka, Bangladesh; DhakaUniversity, Bangladesh; JAERI, Japan.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 12, 1385-1402. .Dynamic Calculations of the IAEA Safety MTRResearch Reactor Benchmark Problem UsingRELAP5/3.2 Code.. . . Hamidouche, T. et al. . . .August 2004. . . Centre de Recherche Nucleaired'Alger, Algeria; Univesita di Pisa, Italy.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 12, 1403-1413. . ShieldStructure Optimisation Studies for the West BeamPort of the KAMINI Reactor.. . . Sunny, C.S. et al. . . August 2004. . . AERB - Safety Research Institute,Tamilnadu, India.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 12, 1415-1428. . .ImageReconstruction Techniques Using Projection Datafrom Transmission Method. . . . Ali, A.M. et al.. . .August 2004. . . Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo,Egypt; Institut Fur Radiochemie, Munchen, Germany;Paul Scherrer Institute, Zurich, Switzerland; AinShams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 13, 1429-1446. . .ASoft-Computing Based Classification Procedure forthe Identification of Transients in the SteamGenerator of a Pressurized Water Reactor. . . .

Marseguerra, M. et al.. . . September 2004. . .Polytechnic of Milan, Milano, Italy.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 13, 1447-1475. . .AGalekin Approach to the BoundaryElement-Response Matrix Method for theMultigroup Neutron Diffusion Equations.. . . Maiani,M. et al. . . September 2004. . . Universita di Pisa,Italy.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 13, 1477-1494. . .TheGreen's Function Method for EffectiveMultiplication Benchmark Calculations inMulti-Region Slab Geometry.. . . Kornreich, D.E. etal.. . . September 2004. . . Los Alamos NationalLaboratory, Los Alamos, NM.

Ann. Nucl. Energy, 13, 1495-1537. .Numerical Benchmark Solutions forTime-Dependent Neutral Particle Transport inOne-Dimensional Homogeneous Media UsingIntegral Transport. . . . Olson, K.R. et al. . . .September 2004. . . University ofWisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

Book. . .A Monte Carlo Primer, Volume 2 . .. Dupree, S.A. et al.. . . June 2004. . . Sandia NationalLaboratories, Albuquerque, NM.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 1-11. . .BoundaryElement Analysis on Interaction of External SurfaceCrack and Embedded Crack in a PressurizedCylinder. . . . Chai Guozhong et al. . . . June 2004. . .Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou,China.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 13-26. . .FatigueCrack Propagation Testing Using SubsizedRotating Bending Specimens. . . . Shin, C.S. et al. . . .June 2004. . . National Taiwan University, Taipei,Taiwan.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 27-38. .Uncertainty and Risk Associated with the CharpyImpact Energy of Multi-Run Welds. . . . Todinov,M.T . . . June 2004. . . Cranfield University, Bedford,United Kingdom.

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Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 39-50. . Evaluationof a Pellet-Clad Mechanical Interaction in MixedOxide Fuels During Power Transients By UsingAxisymmetric Finite Element Modeling. . . . Cheon,J-S. et al. . . . June 2004. . . KAERI, Daejeon, Republicof Korea.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 51-65. . .WearPerformance and Activity Reduction Effect ofCo-Free Valves in PWR Environment. . . . Bahn, C.B.et al. . . . June 2004. . . Seoul National University,Seoul, South Korea; KAERI, Daejon, South Korea.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 67-88. .Deterministic Safety Study of Advanced Molten SaltNuclear Systems for Prospective Nuclear Power. . . .Slessarev, I. et al. . . . June 2004. . . CEA, Cadarache,St. Paul-lez-Durance, France; CEA Saclay,Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 89-98. . .ColdPressurisation in Pressurised Heavy Water ReactorsDuring Accidents. . . . Gupta, S.K. et al. . . . June 2004.. . Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 99-107. ..Algorithm Automation for Nuclear Power PlantLoose Parts Monitoring System. . . . Chang, Y.W. etal. . . . June 2004. . . Korea Advanced Institute ofScience and Technology, Daejeon, Republic ofKorea.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 109-120. . .ARTIST:Introduction and First Results. . . . Guntay, S. et al. .. . June 2004. . . Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen,Switzerland.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 121-126. .Comparison Study on Resistance to Wear andAbrasion of High-Temperature Sliding Strike ofLaser and Plasma Spray Layer on the Stainless SteelSurface. . . . Shi, S. et al. . . . June 2004. . . SuzhouUniversity, Jiangsu, China; China NationalLaboratory of Laser Technology, Wuhan, China;Nanhua University, Hengyang, China.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 129-139. . AseismicDesign of Structure-Equipment Systems UsingVariable Frequency Pendulum Isolator. . . . Murnal,P. et al. . . . June 2004. . . Government College ofEngineering, Karad, India; Indian Institute ofTechnology Bombay, Mumbai, India.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 141-150. . .FiniteElement-Based Limit Load of Piping BranchJunctions Under Combined Loadings.. . . Fu-ZhenXuan et al.. . . June 2004. . . East China University ofScience and Technology, Shanghai, China.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 163-175. .Performance Improvement Analysis of Boiling WaterReactors by Incorporation of Hydride Fuel.. . . Kan,W. et al. . . . June 2004. . . Tsinghua University,Beijing, China; University of California, Berkeley, CA.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 177-185. .Comparison of Computer Codes for Evaluation ofDouble-Supply-Frequency Pulsations in LinearInduction Pumps. . . . Kirillov, I.R. et al. . . . June 2004.. . STC Sintez, St. Petersburg, Russia; CentralResearch Institute of Electric Power Industry,Chiba-ken, Japan.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 187-197. .Hydraulic Resistance of Fluids Flowing in Channelsat Supercritical Pressures (Survey). . . . Pioro, I.L. etal. . . . June 2004. . . Chalk River Laboratories, Ontario,Canada.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 199-210. .Minimum-Norm Solution of Ill-Posed NeutronDetector Response Using Constrained QuadraticProgramming.. . . Park, M.G. et al. . . . June 2004. . .Korea Electric Power Research Institute, Daejon,South Korea.

Nucl. Eng. Design, 231, 211-216. . .A NewFinite Cloud Method for Calculating ExternalExposure Dose in a Nuclear Emergency. . . . Wang,X.Y. et al. . . . June 2004. . . Institute of NuclearEnergy Technology, Beijing, China.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 97. . .In Memory ofGerasimos (Makis) Analytis. . . . Tsoulfanidis, N. ed. . . . May 2004.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 99-121. . .Analysis ofSeven NEPTUN-III (Tight-Lattice) Bottom-FloodingExperiments with RELAP5/MOD3.3/Beta. . . .Analytis, G.Th. . . . May 2004. . . Paul ScherrerInstitute, Villigen, Switzerland.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 122-130. . .A Study ofBoron and Temperature Mixing in the Downcomerand the Lower Part of a VVER Reactor Vessel.. . .Bezrukov, Y.A. et al. . . . May 2004. . . Experimentaland Design Organization, Moscow, Russia.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 131-142. .Development and Validation of ARKAS_Cellule: AnAdvanced Core-Bowing Analysis Code for FastReactors.. . . Ohta, H. et al. . . . May 2004. . . CentralResearch Institute of Electric Power Industry, Tokyo,Japan; AITEL Corp., Kawasaki, Japan; Toshiba Corp.,Yokohama, Japan.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 143-154. . .CriticalityData for Spherical 235U, 239Pu, and 237NpSystems Reflector-Moderated by LowCapturing-Moderator Materials.. . . Loaiza, D.J. etal.. . . May 2004. . . Los Alamos National Laboratory,Los Alamos, NM.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 155-163. . .AdvancedMox Core Design Study of Sodium-Cooled Reactorsin Current Feasibility Study on CommercializedFast Reactor Cycle Systems in Japan.. . . Mizuno, T.et al. . . . May 2004. . . Japan Nuclear CycleDevelopment Institute, Ibaraki-ken, Japan.

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Nucl. Technol., 146, 164-180. . MechanicalAnalysis of High Power Internally Cooled AnnularFuel.. . . Zhao, J. et al. . . . May 2004. . .Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,MA.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 181-198. . .DecisionAnalysis and Its Application to the Frequency ofContainment Integrated Leakage Rate Tests. . . .Apostolakis, G.E. et al. . . . May 2004. . . MIT,Cambridge, MA.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 199-205. . .Analysis ofPWR RCS Injection Strategy During Severe

Accident.. . . Chiang, S-C. . . . May 2004. . . Institute ofNuclear Energy Research, Lungtan, Taiwan; TaiwanPower Co, Taiwan.

Nucl. Technol., 146, 206-209. . .A SimpleKinetic Model for the Alpha Radiolysis of WaterSorbed on NpO2. . . . Icenhour, A.S. et al. . . . May2004. . . Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,TN; Harbach Engineering and Solutions, Dayton, OH.

Prog. Nucl. Energy, 44, 85-187. . Overviewof Recent Experimental Works on High EnergyNeutron Shielding.. . . Nakamura, T. et al.. . . June2004. . . Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.